The torrential rains during the monsoon are known to be the cause of numerous accidents. In West Bengal, as many as 16 people have died as a result of rain-related mishaps. In the latest development, the state government has declared compensation worth Rs 2 lakh for the families of the victims. As a result of … Read more
The injured have been admitted to the local government hospital. The passengers were going to Sindagi in Vijayapura district of Karnataka in a Maruti Omni car. Three people were killed and nine others seriously injured after a loaded truck hit a moving car in the Solapur district of Maharashtra. The accident took place near the … Read more
The bodies of two BJP workers were found in different parts of West Bengal on August 3. (Representational Image) Local BJP leaders said Sutradhar was murdered by criminals sheltered by the TMC. PTI Kolkata Last Updated:August 03, 2021, 16:48 IST FOLLOW US ON: The bodies of two BJP workers were found in different parts of … Read more
The Army and the Air Force had on Monday undertaken rescue operations in Hooghly district. Kolkata: At least 14 people died due to wall collapse or electrocution and nearly 2.5 lakh got displaced in six districts of West Bengal, where discharge of water from Damodar Valley Corporation dams, followed by heavy rain, has inundated streets … Read more
Kolkata, Aug 2: At least seven people have died and nearly 2.5 lakh have been displaced from their homes in six flood-hit districts of West Bengal, a senior state government official said on Monday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed ministers to keep a tab on the rescue operations and see that relief materials reach all … Read more
Initial probe suggested the ceiling of the room collapsed due to incessant rainfall in the area, he said. A Kutcha house also collapsed in Kalbeliya Basti in Kawai town, but no one was injured in the incident, police said. PTI Kota Last Updated:August 02, 2021, 16:42 IST FOLLOW US ON: A man and an eight-year-old … Read more
Martine Moise survived and was rushed for emergency treatment to the United States. (File) Washington, United States: The wife of Haiti’s murdered president, seriously wounded in the very attack that killed her husband, listened in terror as the gunmen ransacked their home, she said in her first interview since the assassination. The killers eventually found … Read more
In a shocking and unfortunate incident from Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, a mother and her two kids died amid the family’s belief in superstition. Police found the woman and her son dead at their house in Majhrau village of the district. While the mother had hanged herself, the authorities were shocked to see the body … Read more
ANKARA,TURKEY: Turkish authorities on Thursday began investigating the cause of a string of forest fires in Turkey’s Mediterranean and southern Aegean regions, including two near the coastal resort town of Manavgat that killed three people and sent over 50 others to the hospital as homes burned down. A wildfire that broke out Wednesday in Manavgat, … Read more
Pieces of wood, roof, metal and destroyed houses have been tossed hundreds of metres away from where they stood once in Honzar — a village in the Kashmir Himalayas that was wrecked by deadly flash floods this week. The torrent triggered by a massive cloudburst tore through seven of the about 20 houses situated in … Read more